Boston, MA, September 6, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- AMICAS, Inc.(Nasdaq: AMCS), a leader in radiology and medical image and information management solutions, today announced that Affinity Health System, Appleton, WI, has successfully deployed AMICAS Vision Series PACS as their image management platform across three hospitals and numerous affiliated clinics.

Affinity Health System is a network of 20 clinics, three hospitals, a long-term care facility and a health plan serving Northeast Wisconsin. Affinity Health System offers a broad variety of locations and services to ensure access and services for the entire spectrum of health care needs. Affinity Health System has successfully deployed the AMICAS Vision Series PACS platform at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Mercy Medical Center and Calumet Medical Center.

Will Weider, CIO of Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System said, "Affinity Health System employed a very pragmatic approach to our PACS selection process. We identified several critical success factors early in our selection process to ensure that we maximized the value of our PACS investment. These factors included everything from tight integration with our existing MEDITECH™ patient information system to a unique rollout strategy that started with enterprise distribution of images via our MEDITECH Patient Care Inquiry (PCI) application before going live with PACS in the department of radiology. At the end of that evaluation, AMICAS clearly had the best technical solution and demonstrated a genuine desire to partner with us to meet our specific needs."

"AMICAS is thrilled to have an image management partnership with Affinity Health System," said Peter McClennen, president and COO of AMICAS. "Affinity Health System is progressive in their methodology for selecting and deploying sophisticated software solutions and we are honored to be their partner of choice for image management software."

Affinity Health System utilizes MEDITECH™ as their core hospital information system. As one of the largest MEDITECH™ Magic installations in the country, the ability to leverage the existing MEDITECH™ investment was a critical consideration in their PACS selection and deployment process. "We believe that our partnership with AMICAS has helped us realize more value from our investment with MEDITECH™," said Will Weider. "The focus that AMICAS has demonstrated on integration with MEDITECH™ allows them to deliver a functionally more robust solution than other PACS vendors."

The AMICAS product suite includes functionality that complements MEDITECH’s™ core applications, including:

• AMICAS Vision Series PACS offers the capability to securely launch an encrypted image viewer that is embedded with numerous MEDITECH™ products, including PCI and EMR. This allows users in other MEDITECH™ applications to be "image-aware" without disrupting their daily workflow, seamlessly launching the AMICAS products on an as-needed basis.
• AMICAS Vision Watch offers reporting functionality that complements the tools found in the MEDITECH™ RIS. These capabilities empower radiology administrators with easily accessible information required to run their departments effectively, such as data on referring physician volume reports, imaging equipment utilization, and HIPAA reporting needs, all in a Web-based, drill-down, "point and click" user interface.
• AMICAS Vision Series PACS capitalizes on a bi-directional interface with all MEDITECH™ platforms, returning relevant clinical content to MEDITECH™ to improve efficiency in the Department of Radiology.

AMICAS’ dedication to making MEDITECH™ customers successful extends beyond technical capabilities. Paul Merrild, vice president of marketing with AMICAS noted, "AMICAS has invested, and will continue to invest in products and services that complement those provided by MEDITECH. We focus on being collaborative and cooperative with MEDITECH for the benefit of our mutual customers. We believe this focus differentiates us from other PACS companies in the market."

"AMICAS is consistently looking for opportunities to prioritize or add features for our MEDITECH™ client sites," said Mr. McClennen. "Affinity Health System is a perfect example of a customer realizing superior value in their IT investments as a result of this strategy."

AMICAS, Vision Series and Vision Watch, are trademarks or registered trademarks of AMICAS, Inc.

About AMICAS, Inc.
AMICAS, Inc. (www.amicas.com) is a leader in radiology and medical image and information management solutions. The AMICAS Vision Series™ products provide a complete, end-to-end solution for imaging centers, ambulatory care facilities, and radiology practices. Acute care and hospital clients are provided a fully-integrated, HIS/RIS-independent PACS, featuring advanced enterprise workflow support and scalable design. Complementing the Vision Series product family is AMICAS Insight™ Solutions, formerly known as AMICAS Insight Services(SM), a set of client-centered professional and consulting services that assist our customers with a well- planned transition to a digital enterprise.

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